nice kit can be built without them. I
love both of those items, though, so
I sourced them separately; I think
both are essential and including
them is the reason I think that
the Profipack kits are a bargain.
I searched my decal stash and
found that I had an RB Productions
decal sheet (RBD4801) for this
airplane, so I was set to go.THE BUILD
As is typical, building the
kit starts in the cockpit. The
Weekend Edition cockpit is a nice
representation, with decals being
used throughout for things like
the instrument panel. However,
I didn’t like the look of that, so
since I had a leftover fret of Eduard
pre-painted photo-etch (from
when I used a Brassin cockpit
on a previous Bf109G Profipack),
I employed it on this model.
The cockpit was pre-shaded
with Tamiya NATO Black. This
was over sprayed with Tamiya
Dark Grey. I then added a wash
of lampblack artist oils to the
recesses, followed by a dry-brush
with RLM 02 and silver to add
some wear to the cockpit. Last,
I added some silver pencil and
sponge chipping here and there.
The fit of the pre-painted PE
is perfect; I attached the plastic
instrument panel support from the
kit to the fuselage half and then
added the PE to it. This ensures that
it fits precisely where it is supposed
to. Once it was all together I coated
the entire cockpit with Alclad
Flat before the instrument faces
were given a drop of Krystal Kleer
to replicate the glass faces.
I elected to try the pre-
assembled exhausts and found
that they look really good – maybe
not quite as good as using
the photo-etch parts and
plastic, but certainly
acceptable. With those
added, the fuselage
halves joined up with
no issues whatsoever.14 • APRIL 2018 • SCALE AVIATION MODELLER INTERNATIONAL
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